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Nehemiah Cisneros — Ride of The Kali Yuga
Nehemiah Cisneros

Ride of The Kali Yuga

2022

Ride of The Kali Yuga confronts the viewer with an urgent, mythologically charged energy that defines Nehemiah Cisneros at his most ambitious. Rendered in acrylic on a generously scaled canvas measuring 152.4 by 182.9 centimetres, the work draws its title from the Kali Yuga, the final and most turbulent age in Hindu cosmological time, a period associated with moral dissolution, spiritual forgetting, and the kind of raw chaos that precedes transformation. Cisneros channels this ancient concept through a visual language rooted in street art, graffiti culture, and figurative expressionism, producing a surface that feels simultaneously urgent and deeply considered. The scale amplifies the work's confrontational presence, ensuring that standing before it becomes a physical as well as intellectual encounter. Cisneros has built a reputation for weaving together subcultural iconography and philosophical inquiry in ways that resist easy categorisation. This work exemplifies that synthesis, asking its audience to hold space for both the visceral and the contemplative. The hand of the artist is fully present across the canvas, with gestural passages and layered mark-making that reward close inspection over time. Signed by the artist, the piece carries the direct authentication that serious collectors value, and its unframed presentation offers the acquiring collector the opportunity to approach installation on their own terms. Currently presented through Beyond the Streets, a platform with a strong institutional commitment to art rooted in street and urban traditions, Ride of The Kali Yuga arrives with meaningful exhibition context. For collectors drawn to work that operates at the intersection of cultural history, spiritual inquiry, and contemporary image-making, this painting represents a compelling and enduring acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Nehemiah Cisneros, Ride of The Kali Yuga, 2022

Ride of The Kali Yuga confronts the viewer with an urgent, mythologically charged energy that defines Nehemiah Cisneros at his most ambitious. Rendered in acrylic on a generously scaled canvas measuring 152.4 by 182.9 centimetres, the work draws its title from the Kali Yuga, the final and most turbulent age in Hindu cosmological time, a period associated with moral dissolution, spiritual forgetting, and the kind of raw chaos that precedes transformation. Cisneros channels this ancient concept through a visual language rooted in street art, graffiti culture, and figurative expressionism, producing a surface that feels simultaneously urgent and deeply considered. The scale amplifies the work's confrontational presence, ensuring that standing before it becomes a physical as well as intellectual encounter. Cisneros has built a reputation for weaving together subcultural iconography and philosophical inquiry in ways that resist easy categorisation. This work exemplifies that synthesis, asking its audience to hold space for both the visceral and the contemplative. The hand of the artist is fully present across the canvas, with gestural passages and layered mark-making that reward close inspection over time. Signed by the artist, the piece carries the direct authentication that serious collectors value, and its unframed presentation offers the acquiring collector the opportunity to approach installation on their own terms. Currently presented through Beyond the Streets, a platform with a strong institutional commitment to art rooted in street and urban traditions, Ride of The Kali Yuga arrives with meaningful exhibition context. For collectors drawn to work that operates at the intersection of cultural history, spiritual inquiry, and contemporary image-making, this painting represents a compelling and enduring acquisition.

Medium
Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions
overall: 152.4 x 182.9 cm
Year
2022
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
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BEYOND THE STREETS

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